Car stop and retainer for store-service apparatus



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T. E. BARRO-W.

GAR STOP AND RETAINER FOR STORE SERVICE APPARATUS. No. 496,148. PatentedApr. 25, 1893.

TATES Nrrnn PATENT Fries.

THOMAS E. BARROW, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 496,148, dated April25, 1893.

Application filed August 13, 1892. Serial No. 443,012. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS E. BARROW, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Car Stops and Retainersfor Store-Service Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it ap pertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to a car-stop and retainer for store serviceapparatus, and the objects of my invention, are first, to provide a stopand retainer that will check the velocity of acar when approaching astation and avoid all jar, second, to hold the car steady when theoperator is removing or replacin g the cashcup, and third, to soconstruct the car and stop that it will be easily disengaged from thecatch and obviate all danger of breaking the propelling wire whendisengaging the car from the retainer. These objects I accomplish by themechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 isa side elevation of a store service station showing a stationary trackwire and a propelling-wire and mechanism for operating the same; also myimproved stop and retainer, with car held in position by the re tainer.Fig. 2 is a top view of same showing more clearly the form of the stopand retainer. Fig. 3 shows a portion of one of the parallel bars of theretainer. Fig. tis a modification of Fig. 1 showing the retainer securedto the end of the lever and which is released from the car by raisingthe retainer from the top of the car.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

In the accompanying drawings, A indicates a stop and retainer, which iscomposed preferably of a single piece of steel wire bent upon itselfforming two parallel bars B and B and having an enlarged upwardly curvedU shaped end or yoke C to allow the car D sufficient space to enter thestop and retainer. E indicatesa flexible tube of rubberorleather, placedaround the retainer and forms a compressible covering for the retainer.

In Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown the retainer rigidly secured in aprojection I of the foot G by the set screws H and H the foot formingpart of or secured at the lower end of a suitable hanger or support; butthe retainer may be secured to the end of the lever .I, which latter ispivoted in the foot G, and disengaged from the car by the action of theleverP raising the retainer from the top of the car.

The operation is as follows: A s the car enters the station it passesbelow the yoke C and then between the parallel bars B and B. The barsbeing covered with rubber or leather impinges against each side of thetop of the car, gradually checking the velocity of the same and holdingthe car rigid. To send the car to the opposite station, the operatorpulls down upon the handle K attached to the propelling wire L whichforms a wedge at the rear of the car and propelsthe same forward. Theupper end Nof the car D is slightly rounded which allows the car to bedetached with very slight force. WVhen the construction shown in Fig. 4is employed the operation is somewhat diiferent. The stop and retainerbeing secured to the end of the lever J by drawing down upon the handleK attached to the lever P, the retainer will be simultaneously raised bythe operation of spreading the propelling w1re.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A combined car stop and retainer for store service apparatuscomprising in its construction two parallel bars B B and an upwardlyturned yoke 0 connecting said bars, the said bars being covered with acompressible, friction holding material, and the said bars adapted tohold against the sides of a car when said car enters in between the barsof the retainer, substantially as described.

2. In store service apparatus, the combination of a suitable hanger orsupport pro vided with a foot portion, an operating lever pivoted insaid foot, a propelling wire secured to the rear end of the lever, atrack wire attached to the support and a car stop and retainer A securedto the outer end of the operating lever, the said retainer comprising inits construction two bars B B and an upwardly turned yoke 0 connectingsaid bars,

the said bars being covered with a compressi- In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in ble, friction holding material, and the saidpresence of two witnesses.

bars adapted to hold against the sides of a car when said car enters inbetween the bars THOS' BARROW' 5 of the retainer, whereby, by loweringthe pro- Witnesses:

pelling wire, the stop and retainer is raised T. R. ROBISON,

from off the car, substantially as described. T. Y. MCGRAY.

